A/N – Thank you so much to those who put this story on their alerts omg. Really, thank you uwu I hope you'll continue to support this story ;u; I'll try my best in writing this so without further ado.

*MC and FeMC's names will remain the same from the previous chapter unless more people request for change.

Disclaimer: I do not own Persona 3 or Persona 3 Portable. Ownership of the games belongs to Atlus.


Chapter 2

March 6th 2009, Dark Hour

The tension in the air was thick and suffocating.

Both parties stared each other down, not moving. Finally, Minato spoke up "P-put the gun down miss-" he stuttered as he tried to maintain a friendly smile. Minato was clearly freaking out, out of all the places he'd been to not once was there a welcome this horrifying.

"Y-you guys are-!" the brunette trembled slightly as she aimed the gun at the male, her eyes following his every move. The two teens sweated profusely and their breathing was heavy, except for the blunette.

Minako stared at the two with unblinking eyes, the way she reacted to the situation was as if it wasn't anything out of the norm. Suddenly, sounds of another pair of footsteps attracted her attention and she shifted her gaze to the top of the stairs.

A new face appeared from behind the brunette, this time it was a female who looked more mature than your average high school girl. "Wait!" her voice was soft and had a motherly tone to it. The brunette looked back to the voice and lowered her gun down in surprise. Right after that the entire dorm lit up, the electricity was back.

Minato gave a relieved sigh as he mumbled to himself "Thank god..", as if he just remembered Minato turned to Minako at the speed of light and looked at her with a worried frown ,"You okay?"

Minako already had her mp3 in her hands and she fiddled with it, happy that it was working again. She gave a brief nod in response to the other male and walked past him to where the two girls were.

'Girls sure are tough nowadays..' Minato gave a confused look as he followed Minako. The scarlet haired female moved away from the brunette and looked at the two of them with an impassive face.

"I didn't think you two would arrive so late" she started "My name is Kirijo Mitsuru. I'm one of the students who live in the dorm." She had an aura of aristocracy, her poise was elegant and her voice was strong and clear, in short she was someone not to mess with.

Minato opened his mouth to reply but was stopped when Minako spoke "It's a pleasure to meet you" Her voice was quiet like her appearance yet it had a strong feel to it.

"Who're they?" the brunette came up to Mitsuru and eyed the two warily. "They're the transfer students. It was a last minute decision to assign them here." Mitsuru replied.

"Ummm..is this a co-ed dorm by any chance?" Minato asked suddenly and Mitsuru focused on him "Indeed this is, I hope you are not getting any ideas". Gulping a little Minato gave a nervous chuckle as he looked away from Mitsuru's intense stare. He was often told that his red eyes were intimidating but Mitsuru's own dark red orbs were, in his opinion, far more intimidating than his own.

"Of course not! I'm not that kind of person, really!" Minato flailed his arms around for emphasis and breathed a sigh of relief when Mitsuru gave a small smile "That's wonderful to hear".

"Is it okay for them to be here, senpai?" the brunette spoke up again, her voice was strained as she whispered. "We'll see Takeba" Mitsuru gave a reassuring smile to the brunette before she returned to the two.

"This is Takeba Yukari. She'll be a junior this spring, just like the both of you." Mitsuru glanced at the brunette, signaling her to introduce herself.

Slowly Yukari stepped forward and looked at Minato and Minako, her face lit up in a small smile as she introduced herself,"Hi, I'm Yukari." Minato gave a polite smile "Nice to meet you, I'm Arisato Minato" Yukari gave a small smile at the positive response and looked at Minako.

Minako's reply was short "Arisato Minako, it's a pleasure." Yukari and Minato shared looks of surprise "Are you guys..related?" Yukari asked and proceeded to look at Minato who looked baffled himself.

"The answer would be no, sharing family names is quite common nowadays, isn't it?" Mitsuru answered instead of Minako, who only nodded in agreement.

"But Arisato isn't really a common name, talk about a coincidence." Yukari looked unconvinced but decided to let it slide. Before anymore questions were raised Mitsuru glanced at the clock in the living room and announced "It's getting late, you all should head to bed soon. Arisato-kun, your room is on the second floor at the end of the hallway whereas Arisato's room is on the third floor at the end of the hallway. Your things should be there already."

Yukari flashed a smile as she headed towards the stairs "I'll show you guys the way, follow me." She sounded friendlier than before and the two did not hesitate in following, since the excitement died down both could feel the fatigue overwhelming them.

Minato stifled a yawn as he trudged behind Yukari and glanced at Minako, her eyes seemed droopier than before. "Hey um, I'm sorry about just now." Yukari gave an apologetic look as she apologized, her eyes looked downcast.

"Hey it's okay, I bet that gun was fake right? For self-defense or something" Minato gave a reassuring smile as he patted Yukari's head. The girl's face turned red as she stuttered "Y-yeah, something like that."

Soon they reached the room of the auburn haired male. "This is it, pretty easy to remember, huh? Since it's right at the end of the hall." Yukari unlocked the door and pushed it open, revealing a simple room with a blue theme.

"So, any questions?" Yukari looked at Minato who entered the room and was currently grinning in satisfaction, it looked cozy he thought.

Suddenly as if he remembered something, Minato turned to answer "Does that kid live here too?". Minako perked up in interest as she looked at Yukari, awaiting her answer.

Yukari looked nervous as she answered, "What're you talking about?" she gave a slight glare at Minato, his red eyes bore into her own and his face was impassive. 'Is he serious?' Yukari thought to herself before she mentally shook her head.

"…C'mon, this isn't funny" Yukari looked away and Minato gave a sudden look of understanding 'Ah, I see how it is' before he nodded. "I was joking, well goodnight." With that he closed the door and the two females were left alone together.

"C'mon, your room and mine are upstairs. Well technically, the entire second floor belongs to the guys and the third floor is for us girls." Yukari explained as the two went upstairs.

The trip didn't take long obviously and soon they were in front of Minako's assigned room. "Well, this is yours." Yukari gave a smile as she unlocked the door. Minako gave a small bow to Yukari and a soft "Thanks".

Before she closed the door though Yukari spoke up again, "Hey..on your way here from the station, was everything okay?" her expression was grim and her eyes were on the ground.

Minako pondered for awhile and finally replied "Yeah." Yukari looked up in slight surprise from her answer "Oh..I see. Never mind, then" a forced smile was plastered on Yukari's face "Well, I'd better get going. Have a goodnight, Arisato-san" and she left.

Alone in their respective rooms the two teens were left to their own thoughts. But before they knew it both of them were already sound asleep.


March 7th 2009

The sun crept up and sunlight poured from the windows, signifying that it was morning and it was time to get up.

The blaring noise from Minato's alarm clock sounded throughout his entire room, eliciting a grumble from the auburn haired male as he threw up the bed covers and grudgingly got up. Giving a big yawn, he started his day.

Around the same time, Minako was already fixing the ribbon on her outfit as she gave herself a final checkup. Grabbing her schoolbag she proceeded to open the door, only to be greeted by a surprised Yukari.

"Oh, you're ready already? Guess that only leaves Arisato-kun.." Yukari gave a surprised look as she stepped away from the door, allowing Minako to exit before she spoke.

"Good morning, Takeba-san." Minako gave a small greeting to Yukari as to not seem rude. "Morning, oh and you can just call me Yukari okay? " the brunette gave a small smile and resumed her sentence "Kirijo-senpai told me to bring the both of you to school. Now I just gotta go get Arisato-kun, you can wait for me in the lobby if you want to." Yukari ended kindly, she wouldn't want to drag someone she just met along with her own task. Besides, she didn't want to leave a bad impression that she was a thoughtless person.

Minako shook her head, "It's alright, I'll go with you" a small smile forming on her face. Slightly surprised by her reaction, Yukari stuttered a little "O-Oh, well lets go get Arisato-kun then."

The two slowly made their way down to the second floor, making idle talk while they descended the flight of stairs.

Soon, Yukari was knocking softly on Minato's door. "Hey Arisato-kun, are you awake?" she called out politely and a reply sounded from behind the closed door. "I'm awake! Just give me moment-" the door flew open and Minato came tumbling out with his bag.

"Wowza, to think two fine ladies would be greeting me in the morning I sure am lucky."Giving a goofy grin Minato greeted the two of them. Yukari gave a sigh "Kirijo-senpai told me to bring you guys to school. So, you ready?"

"Really? Hell yeah I am!" Minato replied with enthusiasm as he fist pumped the air. Cleary excited that he was going to walk to school with two pretty individuals, he was a normal teenage boy after all.

The three of them exited the dorm after a quick breakfast which consisted of toast, and started making their way to the station.

Inside the New City passenger train 'Anehazuru', which would take them to their school, Minato was looking out in amazement to the sparkling sea as the train glided over it.

Meanwhile, Yukari explained to Minako "We have to take the monorail to school, I bet your old school wasn't like that huh." Minako nodded in response and Yukari gave a smile as she continued to speak.

"This is my favorite part… where it feels like you're gliding over the sea." Yukari looked out the window and laughed at Minato, who wouldn't stop making noises of excitement. Minako looked out to the sea as well, no doubt it was a beautiful sight to behold. The rays of sunlight reflecting off the calm sea waters and the clear blue sky, in short it was a beautiful spring morning.

Breaking their trance Yukari spoke up again "Our stop is Port Island Station at the end of the line. From there, we walk".

Breaking away from the windows Minato joined in the conversation, he grinned happily and was bouncing in excitement "Man this is so cool," he gushed and both girls gave a small laugh, his excitement was certainly contagious.

"Oh right, have you heard about Tatsumi Port Island?" Yukari asked and Minako answered "It's a man-made island, right? And our school is built right in the middle." Yukari gave an impressed smile "Seems like you've done your research."

"Hey hey, I can see it!" Minato exclaimed in awe as he pointed to a white building which seemed massive even though it was still far away. "Amazing…" Minako pressed her hands against the windows as she softly muttered her wonder, her eyes also seemed to share the same sparkle of excitement in Minato's eyes.

"Huge isn't it?" Yukari laughed at the duo and looked out the window herself "Well, the Kirijo Group is the one who built it after all, along with the entire island." The two snapped their heads back to the brunette in surprise at the new information.

"Wait, seriously?! You mean Kirijo Group as in the same Kirijo Mitsuru?" Minato was the first to voice his amazement. Even the usually stoic expression on Minako's face was replaced with surprise.

Seeing their reactions Yukari laughed "Yep, Kirijo-senpai is the heir to the Kirijo Group" Registering the new unexpected information into her head Minako nodded and muttered "I never knew.." Minato just stared dumbfounded at Yukari before he calmed down. Before they knew it, they arrived at their destination.


The walk to the school was short, and students could be seen everywhere. Choruses of 'Good mornings' and 'Hello's' could be heard and some were even directed at Yukari, given the fact that she was one of the most popular girls in school.

There were whispers of Minako and Minato too of course, "Hey, who're those two next to Yukari-san?" "I don't know, I've never seen them before." Lines as such was eminent, but the two paid no mind to it. In fact Minato seemed happy with the attention and waved hi to some females, some blushed while some waved back. It was only the first day and Arisato Minato was already getting on the road to popularity with his overwhelming friendliness.

"Well, here we are." They stopped at the front gates and Yukari beamed proudly, "Welcome to Gekkoukan High! I'm sure you guys are gonna love it here." The two nodded in agreement, Gekkoukan was a great school and they both understood why.

As they entered the school Yukari turned to them and said "You two are okay from here, right?" Minako nodded in response while Minato gave a "Yeah". "You guys should go check with your homeroom teacher first." Turning to her left Yukari pointed at a corridor "The Faculty Office is just straight down there, and that concludes the tour. Any questions before I go?"

Both of them shook their heads and Yukari gave a satisfied smile. "Oh right" suddenly she inched closer to the two of them, her face turned serious as she lowered her voice "About last night… Don't tell anyone what you saw, okay?" with that she backed off and headed off the opposite direction before waving goodbye.

And so the two were left in the main lobby.


A/N- Ending it here, once again I apologize for any mistakes you may have came across. Please read and review! Thank you for reading.